wood ant

noun

a reddish-brown European ant, Formica rufa, typically living in anthills in woodlands

Words nearby wood ant

woo-hoo, woo-woo, wood, wood alcohol, wood anemone, wood ant, wood avens, wood betony, wood block, wood coal, wood cudweed

Example sentences from the Web for wood ant

  • MacCook often observed the same fact later, among, with others, the already described Pennsylvanian wood-ant.

    Animal Intelligence |George J. Romanes

  • He discovered, also, what old stumps to tear apart when he wanted a pleasantly acid tonic dose of the larvæ of the wood-ant.

    The Heart of the Ancient Wood |Charles G. D. Roberts